I've pushed change to the pom which allows compilation on Java14. Will that suffice?
On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 15:29, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 16 Aug 2020 at 11:13, Xeno Amess <xenoam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I suddenly arise a good idea... > > How about > > 1. we release a java 7 version of this repo. > > 2. we wait for user argue about this. > > That has already happened ... > > As noted earlier in this thread, Tomcat needs a version that compiles on Java > 6 > > > 3. if no users argue about this, we just go forward to 7. Otherwise, we > > re-consider about this. > > > > > > Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> 于 2020年8月16日周日 下午6:08写道： > > > > > On 15/08/2020 19:00, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 1:14 PM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > > >> On 10/08/2020 17:26, Gary Gregory wrote: > > > >>> As recently done for [EMAIL], I propose we update [LOGGING] and > > > [DAEMON] > > > >>> from Java 6 to 7 to streamline building on CIs. > > > >> > > > >> -1 for DAEMON. Tomcat 7 depends on it and has a specification mandated > > > >> requirement to run on Java 6. > > > >> > > > > > > > > Yikes ;-) how long is rein in antiquity planned to last? ;-) > > > > > > Tomcat 7 EOL is 31 March 2021. > > > > > > Like most major Tomcat versions, it has been supported for ~10 years > > > since the first release. > > > > > > The scary thing is that the users mailing list still sees questions > > > about Tomcat 6 and earlier. > > > > > > > We might need a branch for Tomcat so the project can move ahead in a > > > > more > > > > modern setting IMO. > > > > > > Unless there is a feature that NEEDS Java 7, branching is just going to > > > create unnecessary overhead. My experience of DAEMON over that last few > > > years is the most (all?) of the work has been on the native code side. > > > Therefore, I don't see the harm in keeping the Java side on 1.6 for now. > > > > > > If the issue is the inability to build with newer Java versions, I have > > > no issue updating the declared minimum version as long as the Java code > > > remains compilable with/for Java 6. > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > Gary > > > > > > > >> > > > >> Are there any features / bugs in Jira that require this increase? > > > >> > > > >> Mark > > > >> > > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
